FROM TIM BURTON TO JOEL SCHUMACHER: BATMAN’S CINEMATIC BACKGROUND PRE NOLAN /DARK KNIGHT We all know about the glory days of the Christopher Nolan DARK KNIGHT series. Quality mixed with box office performance and a trilogy of near perfect comic book action adventure pictures was born. But one could...

DAVID BOWIE (RIP): A LIFE AND LEGACY IN FILM The sad news of the death of DAVID BOWIE cannot have escaped you (unless of course you actually do live on Mars?). It was of course, inevitable. Like it or not, we all die. It is what binds us: that...

THE JOKER: A VISUAL HISTORY He is the mirror image of BATMAN. An undying personification of evil. At once complex and primal, childishly impish and deeply sinister. Figure of playful fun and amusement whilst inspiring true terror and fear at the same time. Born from a derivative playing card...

DC WOMEN The Marvel monopoly has ended! Yes it’s true: DC Comics have finally been given flight by their parent company, Warner Bros. Cue a new fleet of film franchises, inspired by comic book legends. It’s been a long time coming. In fairness, the Dark Knight Trilogy alone...

WHAT IF? BATMAN RIDDLE ME THIS..RIDDLE ME THAT..WHAT HAPPENS TO FILM HISTORY WHEN YOU CAST A DIFFERENT BAT? Don’t be a Two-Faced Joker at heart; you KNOW you are curious. As with any franchise, there were arid periods in Batman’s cinematic life. Even when things were vibrant and...